“The First Great Train Robbery” quotes

“- Miriam: Do they know you take an interest in the theater?
- Pierce: Well, an unmarried gentleman must amuse himself.
- Miriam: Must he?”

Lesley-Anne Down - Miriam
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“- Miriam: You are nervous?
- Fowler: No, I just thought we might become better acquainted.
- Miriam: Mon cherie, you are nervous. There is no need to be. I will take care of every little thing - and every big thing.”

Lesley-Anne Down - Miriam
Malcolm Terris - Fowler

“- Judge: Now, on the matter of motive, we ask you: Why did you conceive, plan and execute this dastardly and scandalous crime?
- Pierce: I wanted the money.”
André Morell - Judge
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“- Pierce: There. He's your son.
- Agar: I don't have no son!
- Pierce: Louisa says he's your son.
- Agar: Louisa! She wouldn't know, would she? Is that him? He's not my son! He's too ugly to be my son!”

Sir Sean Connery - Pierce
Donald Sutherland - Agar

“- Agar: We're partners, aren't we? Of course, if you're trying to say that you don't trust me completely...
- Pierce: I don't trust you at all.”
Donald Sutherland - Agar
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“- Miriam: My Mum says a man loves you, he shows you proper - with some little token.
- Fowler: Quite so! If you will permit me, I shall be delighted to give you a - token myself.”
Lesley-Anne Down - Miriam
Malcolm Terris - Fowler

“No respectable gentleman is that respectable.”

Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“- Miriam: Do you ever tell anyone the truth?
- Pierce: The truth? The truth... no.”
Lesley-Anne Down - Miriam
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“If you've turned nose on me, I'll see you in lavender.”

Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“- Emily Trent: I have passed many pleasant hours here, watching the workman fit each piece into its precise slot. Such skill!
- Pierce: They screw it together do they?
- Trent: No, bolt it actually. With long bolts, fitted tightly.
- Emily Trent: Yes. Long bolts, fitted tightly.
- Pierce: I've just returned from America, a country of many...” (continue)(continue reading)
Pamela Salem - Emily Trent
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce
Alan Webb - Trent

“- Elizabeth Trent: What are your eccentricities, dear Edward?
- Pierce: Mine? I have none at all. Well, one. I am excessively preoccupied with a certain lovely young lady.
- Elizabeth Trent: Sir! You're a bold rogue to be so forward! I might even begin to suspect you of some motive in your advances.
- Pierce: Never, my darling.”
Gabrielle Lloyd - Elizabeth Trent
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce

“- Miriam: All you ever think about is money. - Pierce: All anyone ever thinks about is money.”
Lesley-Anne Down - Miriam
Sir Sean Connery - Pierce